Tube holding and closure means



J. B. STATON.

TUBE HOLDING AND CLOSURE MEANS. 'APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1921.

1,435,?5. Patented Nov. 141; 1922.

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ATTORN EY Patented Nov. lei, 1322.

units re JAMES B. STATON, OF NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TUBE HOLDING AND CLOSURE MEANS.

Application filed June 7, 1921.

T 0 aZl whomit may concern Be it known that I, JAMns B. STA'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nicholasville. in the county of Jessamine and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tube Holding and Closure Means, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of means to hold tubes more especially collapsible tubes such as used for dentifrice and the like; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous means, hereinafter described and definitely claimed, for holding a collapsible or other tube and expeditiously and easily removing a closure cap therefrom or replacing the closure cap in proper relative position to the tube.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speoification:-

Figure l is a front elevation of the apparatus constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cogni- Zant.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section.

Figure 4 is a detail section showing one of the cord tensioning provisions.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my improvement comprises a casing 1. adapted at 2 for connection to a wall or other support. In the front end wall of the casing 1 are openings 3 for the passage of cord portions 4. At the lower end of said opening 3 are lips 5 to avert cutting of the cord portions, and above and opposed to the said lips 5 are shoes 6, backed by springs 7 and adapted to exert friction against the cords with a view to preventing too free movement of the same. At their inner ends the said cord portions are connected to a drum 8 appropriately journa led in the casing 1, and in this connect-ion it will be understood that the cord portions 4; are arranged to be wound. in reverse directions on the drum 8 so that when one cord portiont is pulled'upon and the drum 8 is rotated in one direction the other cord portion will be retracted and taken up on the drum 8, and vice versa. From this it follows that by pulling on one of the cord portions the drum 8 will be rotated in the opposite direction.

Fixed to and pendent from one journal manner described.

Serial No. 475,798.

portion 9 of the drum 8 is a socket member 10 in which is secured by a cotter pin 11 or other appropriate means a shank 12 on a closure cap 13 similar to those usually employed on. collapsible tubes such as 14.

The scheme of my invention contemplates the manual removal of a closure cap from a fresh tube 1 1, and the engagement of the said tube 14 with the closure cap 13 by rotation of the closure cap 1.3 through the medium of one of the cord portions 4: and the drum 8. When this is done it will be manifest that the tube 14: will be effectively closed in a hermetically sealed manner and at the same time the tube will be held in convenient position. Then when it is desired to use the tube it is simply necessary for the operator to grasp and hold the tube against rotation when by pulling on one of the cords or cord. portion 4 the operator rotates the drum 8 and the closure cap 13 so as to disconnect the same from the threaded shank on the tube. The tube is then used in the ordinary manner for the supply of dentifrice or other appropriate substance, after which the tube is reengaged with the closure cap 13 in the While I prefer to employ the means described for rotating the closure cap 13 I desire it distinctly understood that it is within the purview of my invention to employ any appropriate means for rotating the cap 13 about its axis in opposite directions.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s

Means for the purpose described comprising a support, a rotatable member mounted in the support, a closure cap connected to and rotatable by said member and adapted for threaded, engagement with the threaded nipples of collapsible and other tubes and means associated with the rotatable member whereby the said member may be rotated in opposite directions; the said support being in the form of a casing attachable to a wall or other support, and the rotatable member being in the form of a drum and combined with cords connected to and adapted to be taken up in opposite directions on the drum, and tensioning means carried by one wall of the casing and to which the cords are subject.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES B. STATON. 

